Magician Derren Brown Guesses Jimmy's Crush and Hypnotizes Questlove
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2019
- Psychological illusionist Derren Brown shows how he reads minds and influences people by playing a magical version of Guess Who? with Jimmy and Questlove.
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Magician Derren Brown Guesses Jimmy's Crush and Hypnotizes Questlove
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This is the quietest Jimmy Fallon's ever been... Thats the real magic here.
True That
SPOILER ATTENTION!!!
He simply turned the deck with the photo 180 degrees and asked to attach the selected photos back. Thus the selected photos are turned upside down in the whole deck. Then you can see how he flip the photos back when he places them on the table. I knew right away that Justin and Obama were chosen. This trick is best performed with playing cards, because only you can see the turned cards. This does not even reach the average level of magic. It is a shame that such guests show such mediocre tricks which is 200 years :(
@@JohnLocke815 i also noticed it..
Its not about the trick its about the perfomance..💩💩
@@JohnLocke815 ok but how did he know which guest chose which of those two
@@JohnLocke815 also how did he know Fallon has a huge obama crush
Questlove turning over the only female left and being in shock was hysterical. He thought this was going to be Jimmy’s coming out party 🎉 😂
The real magic here is that Derren gets Jimmy to shut up without saying anything at 1:16
Bravo
they intentionally fucked me up, then blamed me for their manipulation.......
that is truly "fair" ......
@@fredericmoresmau4303 You ok man?
Indeed
This segment doesn't represent what Darren Brown is capable of in the slightest. He comes off as a mediocre magician when he in fact is a fantastic mentalist and performer who has done groundbreaking and absolutely mind boggling work for 20 years. Do yourself a favor and forget this segment and look up his other stuff. You're welcome.
What's he's doing here is really hard, he just makes it look easy.
@@NeaEmrys You're missing my point. It is hard, but the things he can actually do is way harder than this. Plenty of people can do what he did in this segment. Derren is capable of doing things nobody in the world are capable of.
@@dmjdmj As I said, what Derren does here nobody else can do, which is my point. They can do mind reading, but not the 'story' of it, and the pure entertainment.
@@dmjdmj I don't think you understand the preparation the more advanced stuff he does requires. He's just doing this segment in a new place, with a new audience without much preparation or working up the audience and on the spot.
@@dmjdmj i have followed Derren brown things for years now and its insane how some preparations take for him to do like half year or more even. like some rumour around the village about some ghost in the park :D and how it spread by just saying it once in some shop if i remember correctrly.
"turn over Nicole Kidman..... And Justin Timberlake" HAHAHAHAHAHA
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I saw that too... it was an easy trick!
Definitely Jimmy helped him on this one!
The trick is everyone is "face up" except for the two they've chosen. Watch how Darren flips the whole deck in his hand when he places the two cards.
Wow Didn't know the hosts help them out stage their shit lol
@@azl2p its called a force
I feel like any of us who have watched Derren for the past two decades are happy he’s reached Broadway BUT know that this stuff is like party tricks compared to the insane stuff he’s capable of doing.
You mean like paying actors to play the role of astonished "victim". There is no bigger fraud than Derren Brown. He LITERALLY places ads in the local actors trades publications auditioning for his "regular people". Those that get the role sign a non-disclosure, and then are treated like any other actor. They get a script. There is a table read. There are rewrites. There is a director during the shoot directing then through multiple takes. They have marks that they must stand on on each shot. He is as good as "magician" as GOB Bluth. And about as talented.
@@KnickKnack07 Well, I mean no 🤣 My sister was pulled up on stage for an insane trick, I know that he uses complete strangers at least part of the time. To this day, she has no idea how it worked.
@@CaledonianCloud was she in a televised special?
I've always wanted to see someone interviewed whose been in a special, like the apocalypse dude!
My girlfriend caught one of the frisbees he used to get the audience to chuck around to choose people. He did that instant hypnotism thing on her as well, I remember at the time thinking that's weird my girlfriends lying on the stage in front of hundreds of people. What he's always done really well is mix up slight of hand magic with manipulation of people. The likliehood with this trick is he already knew what cards they'd chosen from the time he got them to place them back in the pack. But it's the presentation of the reveal where he is the king.
Gotta dumb it down for the Americans, simple folk
No way Jimmy would pick Nicole Kidman....lols. Questlove's reaction when asked to turn over Nicole cracked me up
nah , back then there isnt , now too
Bhl 10 I didn’t realize why until the end. Cause there were 2 men left in the table.
His reaction 😂
3:23 the face of the guitarists 😄
He like oh hell nah 😂
This isn’t one of his best tricks !! He’s actually legendary with his mind games 🧙♂️
@P. A. He's been doing live shows, in the UK at least, for a good 10-15 years now, and at the live shows he often chooses audience members to come up by throwing a Frisbee into the audience (eliminating the ability to choose a stooge) and gets the same results with tricks like this there. Obviously there's a trick behind it but it won't be 'let's corroborate before the show' when he doesn't need to do that.
@P. A. lol dummy, thats not how the trick was done. It was a simple force of position on the deck.
Remember the placement of >20 cards then ham it up
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the tonight show has rehearsals guys don’t be an idiot
If you know what he is capable of, you will realise that to him this kind of performance would be like an olympic sprinter wowing us with how he can walk.
Jimmy is a dream for this guy. He's the most emotive person on the planet.
peter kerwin not at all, Jimmy is the worst subject I’ve ever seen Darren work with.
I think thats what he means, no challenge at all
That’s not how this worked but you’re right anyway
Darren Brown is one of the best. So glad he’s finally getting attention here in the US.
My all time fav mentalist by far.
I've never seen one of his subjects look as terrified as Questlove
Derren Brown is an absolute genius. If you haven’t seen any of his stuff in the states I urge you too see it. I’m English and I fucking love the man. He’s not a fake or a con artist and he doesn’t make out to have super powers etc he is just beyond talented. Superb man
Everyone’s amazed by the answers and I’m the only one amazed about how crisp Fallon’s suit is!
SAME. That suit though...✌
Jimmy always has the nicest suit in late night.
@@davejohnsen8540 he really does.
When he hypnotizes him the entire band is like "did he just GET OUT Quest?".
The guitarist looked like he was ready to throw down.
Heha... maybe. He never released him from that state either.
"Get rid of any nervous energy, if that's at all possible." Brutal
Just look at the guitarist face at 3:24, priceless!!! :))
I’m from England and been to see Derren Brown. He’s amazing! I love how he’s unlike others and says he’s NOT psychic. It’s all mind reading and influencing. He did this “guess who” kinda thing at the show I went to. My dad was one of the faces because he used audience members lol 😂.
Lol noone can read minds
Jade Welch nope 😂 when they put the cards back in the deck he stopped the cards at a specific spot so when he counted off the cards he knew exaclty which ones they picked
ThermalRain TTV Of course I know that. Yet you still get some people that claim to me. That is what I meant.
@@thermalrain_yt9725 he reads the involuntary facial ticks and movements to work out which answers theyre thinking of
He sure is influencing your mind. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS MIND READING!
THEY ARE ACTORS! It has literally been a DECADE since he got caught red handed with his bullshit. He takes out ads in local actors publications auditioning for low level actors to play the "victims". They are forced to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Then they are given a SCRIPT. An ACTUAL SCRIPT. Not unlike anyone that works with GOB Bluth would have while filming Arrested Development. The rehearse. With a director director everything about their "performance. . And they do multiple takes until they get it right.
Questlove also thought Nicole Kidman.. We all dooo
Derren only asked about it, obviously Jimmy thought 'no' in his head, and that's why Derren said to turn the picture of Nicole down.
@@NeaEmrys thanks for explaining that extremely obvious part of the video
I love how Derren puts people to ‘sleep’. It os so clever. He can only do it to people who are suggestible but the way he does it is remarkable. His ability to confuse someone so much that they do as he says is amazing. He confuses them then gives them an easy way out and for someone who is easily suggestible they take it. It is so clever how he does it!
I went to one of his shows and seeing him do it live was crazy
It is easy to be "suggestible" when you are in on the trick, being paid to do what the script says. Which is exactly what all of Derren Brown's "stooges" are. Unknown, up and coming actors who answers his ad in local actor publications. Actors who get a script, do table reads, do rehearsals, are told exactly what to do at all times by a director, and do multiple takes.
this has been pretty well known about Brown for about a decade now. When he did that "I am giving these store clerks blank pieces of paper and telling them it is money and they take it" bullshit. One of the actors came forward with the script.
My girlfriend was picked at one of his shows and had this "induction" hypnotism done to her. I can assure you she is not a stooge but she did say that although it doesn't look like it there's quite a bit of physical force involved, backed up by the words to enforce the this is the path of least resistance message. To my knowledge (and having seen him live 3 times) Derren doesn't use stoogies, unlike say dynamo, Copperfield et al. That's not to say he doesn't cheat, spotters in the audience, simple card forces dressed up etc, but that's magic. I don't mind being tricked but I don't like being cheated and for me Derrens always stayed the right side of this line.
@@MrClarkio I went to one of his shows and all the way through I thought all these people could be stooges, I'm a real skeptic. He said during the show if you don't want to take part to close your eyes, I kept mine open and the lights went down and red lights flashed. Then at the end the lights flashed again and when they stopped the box was swinging from a rope. The lights flashed for like 2 seconds not enough time for anyone to move, I was watching closely no one moved. Then the camera guy showed what happened and derren had got up from his chair, attached the box to the rope and got it swinging, then went to the front of the stage, posed and put his thumb up at the audience then went back to his chair. So somehow those flashing lights stopped us seeing that. It's crazy. I'm a skeptic and none of the other things he did during the show worked on me but that did and tbh I didn't even remember it until someone else reminded me.
@@JennyL.I yeah he's riffed on that theme of distraction a few times. He used it quite a bit on his svengali tour I think. He started the show by showing the video of people playing table tennis and asked us to count the number of hits. Then when it was finished he asked "who noticed the gorilla" which of course nearly everyone, including me, had missed in the video. The human brain is easily distracted it would seem.
I love that the guy from the roots always wears a heart on his suit probably why jimmy Fallon is one of my favorite late night hosts
As soon as he did that quick hand movement, in my head I started to scream “GET OUT!!!”
This trick is 95% showmanship. Derren knows who they have both picked soon after they pick them but if he was to immediately say it then it would be a boring trick. The rest of the trick is Derren convincing everyone that he read their minds.
Derren is an amazing magician but I didn't feel like this was one of his best tricks.
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"Derren knows who they have both picked soon after they pick them" ----- But, how?
@@hhijazi6296 there are many ways he could have done it. The way he actually did it is so simple! At 1:44 when they put the cards back in the deck he's holding the deck upside down so the cards that Jimmy & Quest put in are the a different way round to all the others. Now watch from 1:58 and see that twice he has to turn the deck around and at that point he knows what the two cards are!
Derren has made a career out of doing very simple tricks but using showmanship to make people think that the explanation is much more complex. The audience don't think about the simple explanations because they are thinking too much about the complex stuff e.g. mind reading. It's very clever what he does.
@@notnek12 Fascinating, well done in noticing these things.
@@hhijazi6296 he decided where in the deck they put the cards back in. And when he fanned out the cards on the table, he knew which the picks were.
the fun thing about Derren Brown is that he surprises himself as well after his routines haha
14 years ago I used to watch derren brown on CZcams, great to see he's still doing his thing!
When a magician and he is a magician tells you to put the card back in the pack. Its game over from the start.
You Americans don't actually get how talented this man is. He is doing no where near his best here. Us British know what's he's capable as he had his own show on channel 4 and he would always perform on stage. He's that popular he has his own ride at Thorpe park called Darren brown ghost train, that's some scary stuff
- Me & my dad met this genius. He was incredible. He took a watch of my dads hand without him even knowing it. He did scary things.
Derren: "I read minds".
Also Derren: "I don't believe in Psychic ability".
XD...
He's a mentalist. Psychics only claim to read minds. He reads people and it only appears he reads minds.
The trick was super simple to do .. he knew the guesses for both of them by the time 2:15 hit.. and I spotted his move, in fact I was shocked he was so obvious.. ( notice him twisting the deck of photos.... )
Their cards were put back in from THEIR perspective.. they were looking at them right side up =) .. he twisted the deck so when they put them back.. they would be upside down..
so when he put the cards down on the table.. he flipped the deck twice .. he knew exactly when he encountered an upside down celebrity that it was picked.. and he can easily gauge by where they put the cards back in whether he would be Love's or Jimmy's .. the rest is theatrics..
I knew the guessed celebrities immediately from catching that.. and I was right :)
@@oneduality I love it when I spot a reasonably obvious trick or deception act
This one was disappointingly obvious .. usually he's playing a good game, he uses a lot of fakery though.. I caught him using actors in some of his past videos which I got demonized for =) a group didn't believe me when I told them I spotted actors.. people who were in multiple episodes of his shows and then I found their personal "resume" pages and IMDB credits..
This was a few years back by now.. and the IMDB stuff was removed and their resume's edited.. so I'm assuming they broke an NDA and I got them in trouble ( oops ) .. but I did win the argument because of it..
I have nothing against Darren, but I did take issue with that show because they explicitly said no actors were used.. and I did catch at least two that were in more than one episode and were paid actors .. stooges are just a part of the act, and Penn & Teller say it best when they tell you that the one thing magicians always do is lie.. that's what they are best at, and regardless what he calls himself.. Darren is a magician through and through..
Simple card trick played out to be a mind reading trick, the sheer genius of Derren Brown. He knew from the start what they’re cards were, he made them place them in certain positions back into the deck by slowing down the shuffle and slight of hand. His work is unbelievable.
their*
It's most likely tapered cards
I think he's just doing the mentalist trick of picking up on subtle clues. That's a commonly done thing.
@@JB_inks Lol, someone of Derren Browns calibre does not need to be using tapered cards, that’s a proper amateur device.
@@pmc8451 you've obviously never seen how he does some of his stuff. He's a magician turned mentalist and everything is on the table
Questlove freaked out when he tried to touch his face XD
should hypnotized him to tone everything down a couple notches
forever
He could woke up from the illuminatis
Like his laughing
Do yourself a favour, watch his filmed stage shows & a group of shows called The Experiments. He's super talented & makes absolutely amazing television. He's been somewhat of a national treasure in the UK for many, many years.
The greatest mentalist/showman/magician of our era.
how much did he pay you?
Nope
Quest has lost so much weight. Good for him my man looking good
why he wear dem huge pants tho
3:01 Questlove is completely different person without glasses
I already know how he found out who their cards were, when they put it back, their cards were upside down while the others were in one orientation, when he puts the cards on the table he knows whose is which bc of the level they're on and their upside down orientation, you can even see him turn a card as he places them.
You are correct. What I don't understand is how he could be sure that they would put the cards back into the pile in the opposite direction as the others. Maybe everyone always puts them back with the head pointing up/away from them because it is human nature.
@@valiant971 Maybe there's a subtle shift in color or a mark on the back of the cards so he knows their orientation either way
i noticed that
He's so much more than this. Would love to see a show of his.
Simple : when they put back their cards into the deck, he already put them in specific positions and he knows
Ja, richtig
We all know the real answer was nichole Kidman
When Ques turned over Nicole and Justin, he was so surprised lol
When he asked him if he had a crush on the person, inside himself he said no that's why Nicole wasn't the answer so it is not the answer
@@TheMaure Well thats not how the trick is done, so what you said doesnt really make any sense.
LOL Jimmy obviously thought 'no' to the question, hence why Derren said to turn her picture down.
He never crushed on her though. He was clueless that she was interested and surprised when they talked about it. ... Just looked for it and it was 2015.
This is just a little party trick to him. He is capable of wild things. His live shows have literally made me change my perspective on how the brain works and how it can be manipulated. He should be a national treasure as far as I'm concerned. Knight the man. He's a genius. His brain is insane.
do u not just think he hypnotised u into believing
@3-Min in: Snap (rapid) handshake induction ALMOST gone wrong..... Derren, having done this THOUSANDS of times, makes it work.....
Quest was a VERY bad participant in this. You can see why Derren spends time in his shows carefully choosing participants.
You can always know when one is upside down. The rest was for the show .
The way Jimmy pushed the “don’t touch him, don’t get close to him, don’t trust him” shit I think messed up the one with the black guy
I’m so glad America is discovering Darren Brown. I’m an American who has been watching this man for years.
He sucks lmfao... Its so fake , wake up.
I've watched everything of Derren's...And missed his show in London by 1 day..GUTTED!! From peoples negative comments here, I can see, they got no clue how mindblowing he is...this trick here, was childsplay for him....They should watch him in Apocalypse etc
its reading bodies, he feels the pressure when he just spits a question. he talks fast to he makes his participants involuntary feel the need to do so and they twitch
nope 😂 when they put the cards back in the deck he stopped the cards at a specific spot so when he counted off the cards he knew exaclty which ones they picked
He’s a legendary figure in the UK, he doesn’t claim to ‘read minds’ or have any abilities like the majority of frauds on these shows. If this is the first time you’ve seen him, you should definitely go and watch more stuff of his.
Especially the time he live streamed himself playing Russian roulette with a loaded revolver
Oh, the russian roulette was terrifying!!!!!! I looove everything Derren Brown!
When used correctly the brain is pretty amazing
Meanwhile, Quest is still under hypnosis wandering the streets of Manhattan...
The guitar player at 3:24🤣🤣🤣
Hahahaha he looks so FREAKED OUT like his eyes gonna pop out. You know he's thinking thank God that's not me &
sex slave!!!
He didn’t want a bar of being hypnotised/falling asleep 🤣
Ive seen him live 3 times, hes fantastic
The greatest illusion is that everyone thinks it was a mind trick. It was a card trick. He forced the cards where he wanted and when he turned them over he knew what the cards were. The trick was over in 30 seconds the rest was elabrate acting.
I think the first trick is to introduce the possibilty that he has magic to make the 2nd trick even crazier
Fallon is So suggestible, this didn’t really showcase the dudes real talent. His Netflix special is amazing.
Yes, it's easier to perform when you control the environment and the editing and the filming.
This has nothing to do with Fallon's suggestibility, Darren knew who was picked when he put the cards on the table.
His stuff before Netflix was even more incredible, I’d suggest everyone check it out, plenty here on CZcams.
The trick is done at 1:44 and the rest is just for show.
The move is actually done @2:02
MrRichardsREM good spot. Looks like he turns the deck 180 degrees and then also puts the two correct answers at the top of the table
Its not all like that, these 2 guys gave zero compliance and he had no choice but to do it that way also. There are plenty "real" things he does with magick, nlp and the like that are genuine(even tho he denies it), he does have real powers unlike most other magicians who are purely sleight-of-hand artists. Derren does do sleight-of-hand but it is not all.
i'd guess it's the waterfall, otherwise the two chosen cards probably wouldn't be next to each other
Exactly, it's a glorified card trick.
The moment he said “MASSIVE CRUSH” I thought we were gonna know a secret😭
We all know Jimmy has crush on Nicole Kidman. He just somehow hide it here 😅😅
Love Derren all of his shows are amazing, can’t wait for him to be back in the UK
When he hypnotized QuestLove he emphasized words like "floating" and "ripple". The trick isn't that he read QuestLove's mind but that he planted a false memory in his mind of picking Justin TimberLAKE. Notice how QuestLove said "no" first, then said yes but sounded confused.
Neurolinguistic programming.
Cool! Are you a mentalist?
He just has really strong powers of intuition and empathy
Questlove is so beautiful to me. I literally think he has one of the most beautiful faces on planet earth
When Jimmy and Quest put the cards back - into the deck - he controlled the positions of the cards - and also held the deck up side down - if you check again the video - he turned over the deck at 2.03 - and placed Justin on the table (that was Quest's card) and the next one was Obama.
😂😂😂😂 love it Darren Brown is amazing 😂👍
3:24 his eyes in the background are priceless!
The look on the roots faces is priceless
This guy turned the game of Clue into a career. Respect.
Cards were turned upside down at the time of insertion. As he laid the cards on the table, 2 correct cards were turned upside down and this is the moment when he got the correct answers.
Gotem
*why r ppl telling that he can do much better?!?....NOT LIKE reading mind is normal guys!!!...sooo AmAZiNg ...Loved it!!*
Well done to all of you who worked out this was a trick and not mind reading. Your special medals are in the post.
*That moment when you don’t get paid enough from the Hobbs And Shaw movie so you start reading minds for a living.*
Ah.. you attempted a joke =)
@@oneduality yeah
hes not the same person lmao
@@aletewfik7174 that's the joke silly
The crush question was actually very strategic. The thought of having a crush on Obama, Nicole Kidman or Justin Timberlake, would have created different reactions
Derren is brilliant!!
He is the best mentalist I think. I love him
*THIS REMINDS ME OF GET OUT*
Just goes to show that a very simple trick can have a great effect if enough showmanship is applied. This is one the very first tricks I ever learned way back when I was 10 or something. Very easy... also published by John Scarne... different setup... but the method is the same.
Questlove looks AMAZING.
He saw the back of both Jimmy and Quest’s cards as he controlled the deck while the cards were put back. He knew the cards right at the start.
I honestly thought it would be Nicole Kidman once I saw her pic.. 😂
What’s amazing is this is Derren holding back
Omg! I thought it was going to be Nicole lol 😂😂
Kirks reaction is perfect!
I also guessed Barak Obama .. just after half the cards were turned over👍😉
That face behind jimmy at 03:23 lol
Hahahahhhaaha omg 😂😂😂
Love derren and his shows
the card turn @2.08 ish....is genious ;-)
3:23 at the back😂😂😂
Is no one talking about how terrified he looked when he got hypnotized? 👀😭
"Get rid of any unwanted nervous energy. . . If that's at all possible." 😂
Great work, Derren Brown - you make our country proud! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Captain Kirk’s reaction at 3:24 😂😂😂
Although he is very good, he also uses tricks. The cards are put back in the deck with their faces turned around. When he lays the cards on the table, the ones that he has to turn around are the cards chosen.
well done - that does seem to solve the puzzle.
jimmy fallon is a legend.
Goes up to the guy puts hand on shoulder and nails it. But was done in a different way. Lmao
One of the worst blitz induction ever, loving this :D
Jimmy Fallon is about as easy to read as a golden book.
1:56 you can tell who they picked because he has to turn their cards around.
Yeah your right. I knew he knew which ones they picked from the start but I figured it was a card sleight instead since they're card sized
Yup, the whole rest is a performance, and the key is knowing what questions to ask and making everyone think yo're a genius.
@@bradmapson6243 you dont know derren brown then watch his old work with randomers on the street, or watch hi sbit with simon pegg or just watch all his stuff other than this dumbed down bullshit for the american public
he even calls out bullshitters like healers and mediums watch his shit czcams.com/video/hqPc9btW1rM/video.html
Good eyes. It's a classic card magic technique.
Derren is an incredible magician and this is just a simple party trick as far as his work goes. But where Derren is amazing is the blend between tricks, mentalism, actually doing something quite incredible and even hypnosis (which he's talked about a lot). You don't know where his tricks are going, which parts are which skillset and where the trick began or even ends.
Legit the dude will have you believe he's memorized the entire fucking phonebook or something nutty like that. He obviously hasn't. But his narrative and his presentation is just so exceptional you'll believe it.
Jimmy cannot help give stuff away 🤣😆
Great. I love Derren Brown, and Jimmy made it funnier!!!! Kx
Their cards are upside down on the deck if you look right before he places Justin he flips the deck in his hand. He knows most likely they're holding the cards heads up so he reverses the deck in his hand heads down so that they're easy to identify.
Reading the comments I think people believe that Jimmy has a crush on Barack Obama, but I think the answer to "Do you have a massive crush on this person?" was probably "no", that's why he said to turn over Nicole Kidman and Justin Timberlake.
Exactly
Woooww you are the next Einstein
Jimmys "answers" didnt say yes or no, or affect the outcome in any way. Derren knew what 2 cards were selected as he was laying them down on the table. Notice how he turns the deck twice
3:42 this cut had me dying 😂
Reminds me of a penn and teller style trick. An easy trick drawn out to make it more interesting